Display-rack.



PATENTED i I INE 19' J. W. ROAGH. DISPLAY RACK APPLICATION FILED111N315, 1905.

Attorneys OFFICE JAMES Roach, or sirn'onn, o'KLAHo A TERRITORY,ASSIGNOR- or ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. HILDEBRAND,-. or s'rnoun, OKLAHOMATERRITORY.

DISPLAY-RACK;

Patented June 19, 1996. v

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, JAMES WM. ROAGH, a citizen" of the United States,residing at Stroud, in the county of Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory,haveinvented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the fo'llowingis a formof rack for the purpose described in which the parts shall be soassembled as to secure with a minimum of space the exhibition of thelargest quantity of goods and in such manner as to permit readyinspection or removal for the purpose of measuring and cutting. r

ith the above and other objects in .view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a display-rack, as will behereinafter fully describedf'and claimed. In the accompanying'firawings,forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters ofreference indicate corres onding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalview through a rack constructed in accordance with the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on theline 2 2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is adetail view of one ofthe rack-arms. Referring to thedrawings, 1 designates the base of the rack, which is constructed,preferably, of metal and-is a hollow cylinder for v the purpose oflightness. Rigidly secured at and still be withinthev scope of theinvention Each rack is a counterpart of the other, ex-,

.' the center of the base is a tubular standard 2.,

with which are combined for rotation a plurality of racks, two in thisinstance being shown, although, as will be obvious, a greater number maybe combined with the standard cept as to the proportion of certain ofthe arts, that will presently be described. The ower'r'ack comprises asleeveB and a pair of hollow disks 4 and 5, rigid therewith. The

lower disk 4 has secured to its under member 12' a circular racecomprising two flan es 8 and 9, between which are disposed bal s 10,

' that are adapted travel upon the-upper face or surface of the base,and thereby per-' mit ready rotation of the rack.

The op os'ed faces of the two ,disks are rovided wit orifices arrangedadjacent to .t eir peripheries that are engaged by toes 17,

ormed on the rack-arms 13, the members of i the arms that carry the.toes being provided with loops 14 and 16,.which form guards for retaininthe material 20 upon the arm and against anger of slipping laterallytherefrom, t e

s being engaged by the material,- as clearly shown in Fig.1.

portions of the arms 15 between the Y 'guar The upper rack isconstructed in the same..-

manner as that described, except," that the disks 6 and 7 are smallerthan the disks 4 and 5'. In order to ermit ready rotation of the uppersection re atively to t e lower section,

there" is a ball 19 disposed at the upper end of the standard thatengages a seat 18, formed in the upper member of the disk 7. In addi.

tion to keeping the disks 5 and 6 spaced apart to. allow rotation of theupper section inde- 'pendently of the lower section, the ball'19' alsoreduces friction, and thus facilitates .th turnin ofthe device. As s ownin Fig. 3, the arms of thejracks diverge, and this arrangement isadopted in order-to cause the toes 17 when they are-in engagement withthe orifices in their respec tive disks to be held a ainst accidentalseparation therefrom. W en it is desired to reinove a rack from thedisks for the ur ose of .cutting off a length of the materia t e twoarms are merely sprung together, thereb withdrawing the toes fromengagement wit the orifices, and after the desired length of lime orother material has been cut off the arm is again assembled with thedisks in the manner described.

It will be seen from the foregoing descrip tion that although. the,improvements herein defined are simple in character they will be foundthoroughly efficient for the purpose designed and will in a ready andattractive manner display laces and other articles to the best ossib eadvantage.

' I c'aim-' A display-rack comprising a base, a standard carriedthereby, sleeves mounted upon the standard, disks secured to. thesleeves, arms detachabl connected with the disks, anti- -my ownIhavehcreto aflixcd my signature Ill lfrictiorli -k earlinigsbinterposed bbleltween tlhe the presence of two witnesses. ower is amt16 use and a it carried y s the standard and engagin the uppermost YJAMMD O 5 disk to keep the sections-oi the rack spaced Witnesses:

apart. FRED D. BEVRLY, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as D. L.UPDEGRAFF.

